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goodesident obama is very at this. he is very good at capturing the moment and speaking real universal truths. the problem that he has, if anything, is following through on the soaring rhetoric and the great ideas with concrete actions. he mentioned jimmy carter and also there is george bush, who i think was less articulate and less able to capture the moment but for africa, did far more than any president in history. even his political opponents agree with it, a big part of his legacy. but this is president obama's moment. excellent at capturing these things and speaking to the world population. >> we will be following this on bloomberg television all morning. stay with us. >> we will change topics and return to businesses. it is inside the ups day. if you run a business that ships regularly, aznar fedex and ups ou money. they have a moneyback guarantee if packages do not arrive on time. now a start up called 71 pounds is looking to cash in. a track packages and collects refunds for small businesses. he weighs in at m
goodesident obama is very at this. he is very good at capturing the moment and speaking real universal truths. the problem that he has, if anything, is following through on the soaring rhetoric and the great ideas with concrete actions. he mentioned jimmy carter and also there is george bush, who i think was less articulate and less able to capture the moment but for africa, did far more than any president in history. even his political opponents agree with it, a big part of his legacy. but...
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the obama administration, however, may like it, i think. president obama has already indicated that he will be proposal certain reforms to these processes and has a review panel going over them with a report due by the end of the year. so it's possible some of these ideas will line up with president obama's own reforms which may be resisted by his intelligence community. >> when it's resisted by the intelligence community, i guess that takes us to whatever the next crisis is, whoever wants to predict that. but does this drift away given the next security crisis for the nation? >> no question that if there were another attack, and these practices were faulted, that would be a disaster. and all efforts to reform them would then stop. and what this letter essentially is arguing is that the economic benefits to the u.s. economy and to these companies outweigh the reduction in risk that arises from these surveillance practices. that's a very controversial point. they're good arguments on both sides of it. and it is in a way the crux of the matte
the obama administration, however, may like it, i think. president obama has already indicated that he will be proposal certain reforms to these processes and has a review panel going over them with a report due by the end of the year. so it's possible some of these ideas will line up with president obama's own reforms which may be resisted by his intelligence community. >> when it's resisted by the intelligence community, i guess that takes us to whatever the next crisis is, whoever...
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been saying is the whole repeal argument was not really going to last because what is apparent now is obama care, the affordable care act is here to stay. so they now need to offer some changes if that is the route they are going to take. but what they are really focusing now -- which is also a big problem -- iv bare the back end problem spirit on the front end, the user experience is working well but the information transmitted to the insurers is getting garbled or incomplete and that could prevent people from getting the insurance coverage come january 1. on a more serious moment, tragedy at the white house yesterday. a poor child was run over at the christmas party and the first lady came to the rescue. what was the reaction at the white house to this atrocious act? wasn'tve to tell you, i houseing the white response to this crisis mode they are probably in. [laughter] >> were they in the basement bunker? >> i will be sure to find out and get the response. we will make sure that it is on the record. we will not let it be on background. they will have to put a name and a face. , she will
been saying is the whole repeal argument was not really going to last because what is apparent now is obama care, the affordable care act is here to stay. so they now need to offer some changes if that is the route they are going to take. but what they are really focusing now -- which is also a big problem -- iv bare the back end problem spirit on the front end, the user experience is working well but the information transmitted to the insurers is getting garbled or incomplete and that could...